BATON ROUGE - LSU student-athletes and members of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) gathered together to spread some Easter spirit at the Gardere Community Christian School earlier this month.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.  Faculty members from each SEC university have been named recipients of the 2018 SEC Faculty Achievement Award, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey announced Wednesday. The awards, now in their seventh year, honor one individual from each SEC university who has excelled in teaching and research.

BATON ROUGE -- LSU's Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes (CCACSA) has achieved College Reading & Learning Association (CRLA) stage two certification for all three levels of the department's tutor training by the International Tutor Training Program Certification (ITTPC) committee.

BATON ROUGE  Dr. Marwa Hassan, the Director of the regional university transportation center Tran-SET as well as the CETF Distinguished Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Construction Management in the College of Engineering at LSU, has been named a recipient of the 2018 Jacobs Professor of Excellence Award, which is presented by LSU's Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes.

BATON ROUGE  Dr. Kalliat Valsaraj, the Vice President for Research & Economic Development at LSU, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Jacobs Professor of Excellence Award, which is presented annually by LSU's Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes.

BATON ROUGE  A new seat in Tiger Stadium - "Chair of Honor" - was unveiled on Thursday and will be on display to the public for the first time on Saturday when the Tigers face Arkansas in Tiger Stadium.

BATON ROUGE  The success of LSU student-athletes in the classroom reached a new milestone Wednesday as the University scored an all-time high of 90 percent in the most recent Graduation Success Rate released by the NCAA.

BATON ROUGE  In what has become a Halloween Tradition on campus, LSU student-athletes, coaches and staff members from all sports distributed candy and played games with children at the Halloween BOOzar on Sorority Row over the weekend.

BATON ROUGE - On Friday, October 13, 2017, Tiger Athletic Foundation held its 19th Annual TAF President's Cup Championship at the University Club Golf Course. This tournament is held each year to raise money in support of the LSU Men's and Women's golf programs. This year, twenty-seven teams teed-up to support LSU student-athletes.